Infectious Diseases

"These data support the importance of restrictive antibiotic use in the prevention of CDI and underscores the need for close surveillance of graft function in SOT recipients developing CDI," the authors write.

The rifampin regimen was not superior to the isoniazid regimen, as the upper boundaries of the 95% confidence interval for the rate differences of the confirmed cases and for the confirmed or clinically diagnosed cases of tuberculosis were less than the prespecified non-inferiority margin of 0.75 percentage points in cumulative incidence.

Doctors diagnosed Manteufel with a rare blood infection caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus, which is commonly found in the saliva of most healthy dogs and is usually not harmful to humans, the Post reported.

"These findings underscore the need for focused prevention efforts among survivors and sustained capacity to rapidly detect and respond to new Ebola virus disease cases to prevent recurrence of a widespread outbreak," the authors write.

The Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver recommends birth cohort screening for individuals born from 1945 to 1975; a pretreatment evaluation of infected patients that includes clinical evaluation, viral load, genotype, and a fibrosis stage assessment.

These conditions are updated annually by the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists, with recommendations from the CDC. Often, until laboratory tests are completed, diagnoses remain unconfirmed.